Assistant Controller

$80,000.00 to $120,000.00 per year

Duties

• Oversee the finance department activities to ensure optimal efficiency and performance of the department
• Coordinate the monthly closing process including all required journal entries, analytical review of financial statements and explain variances to budget within the time frames supplied.
• Ensure that all balance sheet accounts are reconciled monthly with full supporting detail.
• Supervise and ensure accuracy of the night audit and income audit reporting processes
• Monitor hotel and food & beverage revenues and expenses and ensure accurate recording to general ledger
• Enforce cash handling procedures, ensuring monthly cash counts of cashiers banks and general cashier's main safe.
• Prepare and pay all city, state and federal taxes

• Ensure all legal, treasury, and tax documentation is properly maintained and secured, and that all statutory and fiscal reporting requirements are satisfied, which includes any governmental requirements for permits and licenses.
• Maintain hotel's fixed asset procedures including funding, payments and reporting schedules
• Assign duties to accounting team and review work for accuracy and conformance to policies and procedures
• Supervise the Accounts Receivable process including timely collections and cash flow
• Supervise the Accounts Payable process ensuring invoices are paid on a timely basis
• Coordinate internal and external audit processes
• Monitor internal financial controls including purchasing, cash handling, disbursements, inventories, hotel assets, master keys and payroll
• Establish hotel-wide systems for postings, payroll procedures, and cash handling. Work with Department Heads to ensure that the systems are being followed.
• Monitor hotel's compliance in meeting corporate and owner reporting deadlines
• Assist Financial Controller in the budgeting and forecasting process

 Requirements

• 3 years of hotel accounting in similar role
• Experience with M3, Concur, and Restuarant365 strongly preferred
• Sound knowledge of Opera
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proactive and with a sense of urgency